Asian
Studies Research Guide
Important
Scope Note: The following sources provide merely an introduction to research in
Asian Studies. They are not intended to be comprehensive but rather a starting
point. Because Asian Studies usually involves interdisciplinary research, it
also will be useful to consult additional subject guides, such as "International Affairs," "Politics," "Economics" or
"History."
Reference Sources: History,
Culture and Literature
Britannica
Online
An enhanced version
of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including Britannica
Online and Book of the Year articles, the Index to Britannica Online, and
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. Its
content includes long and short articles from two encyclopedias, media
database, magazine articles, the Web's best sites, and videos.
The Encyclopedia of Asian History, 4 v.
Main
Reference DS31 .E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, 6 v.
Main
Reference DS4 .L48 2002
Columbia Chronologies of Asian
History and Culture Book
Main
Reference DS33 .C63 2000
More than
a simplistic timeline, chronologies set significant events in context.
A
History Of East Asian Civilization, 2 v.
Main
Cutter Collection F60 R27
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
Main
Reference B121 .E53 2001
The Columbia Companion To Modern East Asian Literature
Main Reference PL493 .C55 2003
A Literary & Historical Atlas of Asia
MH Cutter Collection GZ60 R3 [1912]
International Historical
Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
Main
Reference HA4675 .M55 1998
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China
A New Practical English-Chinese Dictionary (Yuan dong Ying Han wu yong ci dian)
Main
Reference PL1455 .L63 1975
The Chinese text is written in
traditional characters.
Chinese-English Dictionary (Han Ying shuang jie ci dian)
Main
Reference PL1455 .H3347 1997
The Chinese text is written in
simplified characters.
Chinese-English Dictionary Of Modern Usage
Main Reference PL1455 .L67 1972
The Chinese text is written in
traditional characters.
Biographical Dictionary of
Republican China,
5 v.
Main Reference CT1826 .B5 1967-79
Dictionary Of Chinese History
Main Reference DS733 .D54 1979
The Cambridge History of Ancient
China: from the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C
MH
Stacks DS741.5 .C35 1999
China Today: an Encyclopedia of
Life in the People's Republic, 2 v.
Main
Reference DS777.6 .C49 2005
Encyclopedia Of China: The
Essential Reference To China, Its History And Culture
Main
Reference DS705 .P47 1999
Modern China: an Encyclopedia of
History, Culture, and Nationalism
Main
Reference DS774 .M57 1998
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of
China
Main
Reference DS705 .C35 1991
The Cambridge Illustrated History
of China
MH
Stacks DS706 .E37 1996
China: a Provincial Atlas
Main
Reference G2305 .H84 1995 Atlas Case
The Rulers of China, 221 B.C. -
A.D. 1949
Chronological
tables. With an introductory section on the earlier rulers c. 2100-249 B.C.
MH
Cutter Collection F66 +6M86 [1957]
Who's Who in the People's
Republic of China
MH
Stacks CT1821 .W4 Folio 1987
Biographical
Dictionary Of Chinese Women, 2 V.
CT1822 .B56 1998
India
Historical Dictionary of India
Main
Reference DS405 .M27 1996
Sahibs, Nabobs and Boxwallahs: a
Dictionary of the Words of Anglo-India
Main
Reference PE3502.I64 L49 1991
The Geographical Dictionary of
Ancient and Mediaeval India
Main
Reference DS405 .D4 1971
An Encyclopaedic History of
Indian Philosophy,
v.2.
A
constructive survey of Upanishadic philosophy; being a systematic introduction
to Indian metaphysics
MH
Cutter Collection BAI R15 1926
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined
in English
Main Reference B131 .G67 1996
Guide To Indian Philosophy
Main
Reference B5131 .P68 1988
Japan
NTC's New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Main
Reference PL677.5 .N73 1993
Kojien
Main
Reference PL675 .S49 1991
Concise Dictionary Of Modern
Japanese History
Main
Reference DS881.9 .H86 1984
Cultural Atlas Of Japan
MH
Stacks Folio DS821 .C62 1988
A Guide To Reference Books For
Japanese Studies
Main
Reference Z3306 .G83 1997
The Columbia Anthology Of Modern Japanese Literature, 2 v.
MH Stacks PL782.E1 .C55 2005
Japanese fiction writers since
World War II
MH Reference PL747.8 .J36 1997
Japanese fiction writers,
1868-1945
MH Reference PL747.55 .M63 1997
Guide To Japanese Prose
Main Reference Z3308.L5 .M37
Guide To Japanese Poetry
Main Reference Z3308.L5 R54 1975
Korea
Historical Dictionary of the
Republic of Korea
Main
Reference DS904.8 .N34 2004
Historical Dictionary of North
Korea
Main
Reference DS933.7 .K55 2003
Korea: A Historical And Cultural
Dictionary
Main
Reference DS902 .P737 1999
Historical Dictionary of the
Republic of Korea
MH Stacks
DS909 .N34 1993
A Cultural History Of Modern
Korea: A History Of Korean Civilization
MH
Stacks DS904 .C572 2000
Sourcebook Of Korean Civilization
MH
Stacks DS904 .S68 1993
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Journals (Bibliographies, Indexes and Online Databases)
Important
Note: Because of the interdisciplinary nature of Asian Studies, there
are many points of access to the scholarly literature. Generally speaking, it
is useful to consult a variety of resources across disciplines.
A Bibliography Of Studies And Translations Of Modern
Chinese Literature, 1918-1942
Main Reference Z3108.L5 G52
A Guide To Western Manuscripts And Documents In The British
Isles Relating To South And South East Asia
MH Stacks CD1048.A8 W3 1965
Modern Chinese Society: an Analytical Bibliography, 3. v
Main Reference Z3101 .S63
BAS Online/Bibliography of Asian
Studies ( Electronic
edition)
Indexes principally Western-language journal articles, books & book chapters, book essays in edited
volumes, and conference proceedings on all
subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast,
and South Asia published worldwide. Coverage begins in 1971.
Online Index Databases
Library of Congress Asian
Collections [electronic resource]: an illustrated guide, 2000.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Provides
multi-disciplinary coverage from the mid 70s to present, containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including
more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this
database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the
collection.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Thomson Gale)
Provides more
than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles of journals and magazines across disciplines, including 2,100 peer-reviewed titles, since 1980s; and
covers a wide-range of topics including social sciences, humanities, education,
science and technology.
Ethnic News Watch (ProQuest)
Designed to be an
interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text
database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and
native press. ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by
the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990.
EconLit (EBSCO)
Produced
by the American Economic Association, this database contains bibliographic
references and some abstracts for journal articles, books, articles in
collective volumes and dissertations. It provides
links to full text articles in all fields of economics, including capital
markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental
economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban
economics and much more. It also contains the bibliographic database Abstracts of Working
Papers in Economics, produced by Cambridge University Press. Journal article
coverage begins in 1969 and working papers in 1984.
Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)
Provides an extensive bibliography of
journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on world history from
medieval to modern, (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the
present; and covers over 1,700 journals
published worldwide in over forty languages. Many of the articles and dissertations and masters' theses are
full-text. Coverage
begins in 1954.
MLA International Bibliography (1963-present)
The Modern Languages Association
International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship worldwide on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.
Provides approximately 1,200,000 records to over 3,500 international
publications including journals, books, series, dissertations, bibliographies,
working papers, proceedings, and other materials. Updated ten times a year. The
index is available in paper format from 1921-1962 in the Main Reference Room,
call number: PN 1 M64 REF.
PAIS
International (OCLC First Search)
Provides international coverage of materials in government,
international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and
related areas, including materials in English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, and Spanish with English language abstracts and subject headings
and also contains links to web resources and publisher websites. 1972-present.
PAIS
International (pre -1972) -- Printed volumes on Level 2 1/2 Williston.
Web of Science Databases (Thomson Scientific)
Mount Holyoke College subscribes to the Web of
Science, which includes these three databases:
- Science
Citation Index, 1945-present.
Fully indexes 5,900 major
journals across 150 scientific disciplines, including all cited references
captured from indexed articles
- Social
Sciences Citation Index, 1956-present
Fully indexes more than 1,725
journals across 50 social sciences disciplines, and it indexes individually
selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and
technical journals.
- Arts
& Humanities Citation Index, 1975-present.
Fully covers 1,144 of the world's
leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected,
relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest CSA)
Abstracts and indexes an international selection of
sociological journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations in
the field of sociology, social work and other social sciences. Coverage begins
with 1963.
Lexis Nexis Academic (LexisNexis)
LexisNexis
provides the full text of the following resources:
- News providing the full text of 350
domestic and foreign newspapers and magazine articles in a variety of languages,
and TV and radio news transcripts.
- Legal Information including federal and
state court decisions, laws, codes, regulations, patents, and opinions.
- Company, Business and Economic
Information including industry and market news, company profiles and financial
information, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.
World News Connection (Thomson Dialog)
World
News Connection (WNC) is a foreign news service provided by the U.S. government,
which offers translations of foreign news items from radio and television
broadcasts, news agencies, newspapers, books and scientific, technical and
government reports.
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Selected Websites
Asian Studies Centers and Programs
Association for Asian Studies
The homepage of the leading
society in Asian studies provides information on publications, meetings,
seminars, grants, fellowships, etc. for scholars and researchers of Asian
studies. The site also offers links to study programs and other aspects of
Asian studies.
Associations and Centers for South Asian Studies
Listed Scholarly Associations and
research institutions on South Asia f rom SARAI (Dr. David Magier,
Columbia University Libraries.
WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies
This is the famous site for East
Asian Studies scholars, maintained by experts around the world, and located at
Australia National University.
Net Resources
SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
This comprehensive site, part of
the Asian Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library, is edited and maintained by
Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries. It includes links to South
Asia regional resources as well as many individual country listings.
East and Southeast Asia: Net Resources
Maintained by Robert Y. Eng of
University of Redlands, the site provides an annotated list of Internet
resources on East and South East Asian regions with particular emphasis on
political, cultural, and historical aspects.
East Asian Libraries Cooperative World Wide Web
This project was sponsored by Ohio
State University, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the U.S. Department of
Education, and Sun Microsystems. It supports research on East Asian studies
through the collaboration and development of unique electronic collections by
librarians, scholars, and researchers in the field.
Library of Congress/Country Studies/Area Handbook Series
The Country Studies Series
presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social,
economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of
countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems
and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Studies included here were
published between 1988 and 1998.
The Five College Center for East
Asian Studies
Online Resources to Support K-12
and college level East Asian Studies in the Northeast. A nice place to begin
exploring Asian Studies on the Web.
Sawnet (South Asian Women's
NETwork)
Many
annotated links and some articles on subjects of interest to women from South
Asia. Includes a mailing list for women only.
Aozora: Blue Sky Collection - Full Text
Japanese public domain texts.
Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks
This is a wonderful site for
people interested in Chinese Studies, particularly Chinese Language and
Literatures.
China Vitae
China Vitae is a resource of
information for more than 2500 current Chinese political, military, economic,
business and academic leaders. The extensively cross-referenced biographical
database is designed to be an indispensable research tool for those who closely
follow activities in China.
Prof. Sanjay Joshi’s website
A
historian, Prof. Sanjay Joshi at Northern Arizona University includes links to
India-related research sites, libraries, and world-wide primary sources
collections on South Asian history.
South and Southeast Asia Video Archive -- University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Asia Library
Provides a searchable catalog for
video, television and cinema related to South and Southeast Asia. The majority
of the materials is produced by Asians and therefore often offers a different
perspective than materials produced in the West.
Chinese Movie Database
This site has three versions, in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English, covering production, cast and crew, awards and biographies, reviews and books, and many other information of Chinese language movies made in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions.
Newspapers
Both ontains new with coverage on the
economy, science and technology, local and international politics, and serves
to clarify the principles and policies of the Chinese government. Published in China, text is in
both Chinese and English.
World Journal
Covers news in North America,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Published in North America, text is in
both Chinese and English.
The Hindu (Madras) Daily
Online edition on Indiaserver,
archives back through 1995
The Times of India (Bombay) Daily
Online edition and
issues from the last month
Yahoo: India: News and Media
NIKKEI NET
Japanese economic newspaper, equivalent to the Wall Street Journal.
MSN Daily News
YOMIURI ONLINE
The Asahi Shimbun
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Searching for Books
To find
books within Mount Holyoke's collection, it's best to search the Five College
Online Library Catalog by subject, author, title or keyword.
Searching by subject
When
searching the library catalog, pay attention to subject headings assigned to
relevant titles. Refining your search using the same subject heading
terminology may yield more precise results.
The
following are examples of subject headings in relating to Asian women:
- Women in the professions – Asia
- Discrimination against women – Asia
- Women -- China -- Tibet -- Social
conditions
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
China – History
- Women -- Employment -- China – History
- Women
and literature – China
- Feminism – China
- Women -- China
Browsing
by call number
Browsing
the shelf by call number works best after having already identified a specific
title. Relevant titles fall throughout our collection, but the DS call number
section houses a sizeable amount of material:
- DS 1-35 (Asia - General)
- DS 36-326 (Middle East &
Southwestern Asia)
- DS 327-499 (Central & Southern Asia)
- DS 500-937 (Eastern & Southeastern
Asia)
Worldcat -- OCLC
online union catalog. Known as the
largest union catalog, its member libraries spread throughout the world.
Need additional help?
- Call the library Reference Desk:
583-2212
- Email “Ask a Librarian”
- Contact the author of this guide for
assistance: Shaoping Moss 538-3034
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Shaoping Moss,
smoss@mtholyoke.edu; RIS
